Venezuela expels Spanish ambassador after European Union sanctions

28/01/2018

Spain on Friday ordered Venezuela's ambassador to leave in a tit-for-tat move, escalating a row a day after its top diplomat was kicked out by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime.

Earlier on Friday Spain, a prominent supporter of the new European Union sanctions, declared Venezuela's ambassador to Madrid "persona non grata" following an equivalent move by the Caracas government on Thursday.

Spanish foreign minister Alfonso Dastis said the decision was regrettable.

Announcing his would-be candidacy on Wednesday, Falcon said the government was incapable of resolving the country's crisis: "We need to get rid of this rubbish government, democratically".

The Venezuelan ambassador is not now in Spain, because he had been recalled for consultations with the Venezuelan government, de Vigo noted. Venezuela accused Fernández of interfering in the country's internal affairs, allegations which Spain rejected, the BBCreported.

The European Union (EU) said the officials were all "involved in the non-respect of democratic principles or the rule of law as well as in the violation of human rights".

"By deciding to exclude. the Venezuelan opposition Mesa de Unidad Democratica (MUD), the Venezuelan authorities have again undermined the fairness of these elections, after having changed the electoral calendar without concertation with the opposition", a foreign ministry statement said.

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